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People with learning disabilities still face inequalities in access to health services. This article, which comes with a handout for a journal club discussion, sums up what nurses can do to reduce these inequalities

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People with learning disabilities still face inequalities in access to health services. This article, which comes with a handout for a journal club discussion, sums up what nurses can do to reduce these inequalities

'Life changing' peanut allergy treament trialled

British trials of a potential cure for peanut allergies have been announced.

More than 100 children will take place in the experimental treatment which exposes the sufferer to a tiny amount of peanut flour in order to “build up” their tolerance to the potentially deadly allergen.

A £1m grant from the National Institute for Health Research has funded the trials which build upon successful research published a year ago in which 21 of 23 children treated for peanut allergy showed greater tolerance levels over a six-month period.

“Children with severe peanut allergies have been cured,” The Daily Telegraph reported. This was one of several newspaper articles reporting on a study of a treatment to make four allergic boys less sensitive to peanuts.

The government must reverse cuts to council’s public health budgets in the forthcoming spending review to help address a fall in the number of children’s health visitors and protect young infants, the Local Government Association has warned.

All families with young children should get an extra health visitor check at age three, according to an influential group of MPs who have called for a major refresh of public health services for under fives.

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